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Avid birders, take note:
According to Capt. Tommy Moore, operator of the Rockport-based birdwatching boat, the Skimmer, the annual migration of whooping cranes to the Coastal Bend is underway.
“The front Friday morning brought the ‘Lobstick’ family of whoopers to their territory, right on schedule,” Moore reports. “And once again, they have a juvenile.
“These are pretty much the first pair that you will see on the whooping crane tours to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge,” Moore says. “They are usually among the first whooping cranes to show up in late October, and they are really easy to see, as their territory is a thin peninsula along the Intracoastal Waterway.”
Adds Moore, passengers on the popular touring boat are also seeing a broad spectrum of shorebird species, including white pelicans, marbled godwits, longbilled curlews, Wilson’s plovers, ospreys, “huge clouds” of pintail and redhead ducks, black bellied plovers, white and dark morph reddish egrets, immature little blue herons and (pictured here) roseate spoonbills.

The 40-foot Skimmer affords not only an affordable and effective venue for birdwatching and bird photography; Moore and crew also run kayaking trips (rentals, or take your own for a fee) for bothbirdwatchers and anglers. Fishermen can enjoy some awesome opportunities to fish the highly productive shoreline of San José Island on Aransas Bay at this time of year.
For information on both birding and fishing aboard the Skimmer, contact Capt. Tommy Moore of Rockport Birding and Kayak Adventures. Call 1-877-TX-BIRDS or check the Web at www.RockportAdventures.com.

NOTE: For the full story on Capt. Tommy Moore’s popular birdwatching and kayaking boat, a review of the new Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Matagorda Bay Nature Park and other bird-related information, be sure to check out my upcoming feature story in the January/February 2007 issue of Texas Sporting Journal. For more info on this top-notch publication, check the Web at www.texassportingjournal.com.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 at 4:04 pm and is filed under Birds and Birding. You can follow responses via my RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response or trackback from your site.